Below are some tidbits on baseball and sportscard collecting.
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Q4: How do I keep my cards in top condition ?

A: There is a wide variety of storage supplies available to help you keep your
cardsin the best condition possible. They range from hard thick acrylic screw-down
holders to "penny" soft sleeves for individual cards to cardboard boxes
that can hold from 100 cards upto "monster boxes" that hold more than 5,000 sportscards.

We have a large selection available on our web site with quantities from 1 to 1,000.

The issue below is featured elsewhere on this website:

1967 Topps WHO AM I ?

NM/MINT to MINT COMPLETE 1976 Crane Potato Chip Football Discs Set.

It's easy to see why the 1967 Topps "Who Am I? set is a favorite of both sports and non-
sport collectors. The set's 44 cards feature mostly important figures from world history
but what makes this set even more popular was the inclusion of 4 of baseball's most
popular players: Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Sandy Koufax !!!

The players picture on the front is covered with a scratch-off disguise with silly,
exaggerated features like hair, moustaches, hats, noses... and clues to help kids identify
the famous person pictured. The backs contained additional clues and instructions to
"Scratch off disguise on front to discover Who I Am. Use a coin or fingernail."

Cards with their scratch-off coating intact are worth many, many times cards with the
coatings removed. For example, NM/MINT Babe Ruth with the coating is in the $200-$400
range while a NM/MINT Ruth with the coating removed is closer to $25.

1969 Topps Stamps

This was Topps 3rd stamp issue in the last eight years and it was a good one !!!
The stamps were not inserts but a totally separate issue .
For a nickel you got a strip of twelve stamps plus a mini album.
The 1969 Topps Stamps complete set contains 240 stamps. The 1 x 1-7/16 inch
stamps were unnumbered and featured a color photo with the player's name,
team and position inside a colored banner at the bottom of the stamp.
The stamps were released in both vertical and horizontal strips of 12
stamps. The 1969 Topps Stamps are often confused with Topps' 1974
issue. The 1974 Topps Stamps have ovals rather than banners at the bottom
and were released only in 12-stamp horizontal panels.

Along with the stamps, Topps also issued a set of 24 albums, one per team,
to store them in. The 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" orange albums were the same size
as a baseball card and held a complete 10-stamp team set.
To add even more collecting fun, the album's back cover had
facsimile autographs of the ten players shown in the album.

The 1969 Topps Stamps set is packed with stars like Pete Rose along with
tons of Hall-of-Famers including MICKEY MANTLE, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente
& many, many more !!!